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Is Mark Zuckerberg Advantaged By Sexism?

December 15, 2015 By Mary Duncan Leave a Comment

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Would a mother be so admired for doing what he’s doing?

Facebook’s CEO received thousands of positive messages for changing his daughter’s diaper, which makes some ask: is Mark Zuckerberg advantaged by sexism?

After their daughter was born earlier this month, the Zuckerbergs pledged to donate 99 percent of their fortune, which is estimated at about $45 billion. That brought Mark Zuckerberg a lot of popularity.

However, it seems that his noble gesture is about to be eclipsed by another one, received with the same enthusiasm by his fans: posting a photo of himself changing his newborn’s diaper. The image received almost 2 million likes and over 20,000 shares in just a few days. Add to that the almost 45,000 comments which praised him for being such an amazing father.

The media took it forward, naming him the “most adorable dad” or even “dad of the year”. These made Yahoo Parenting ask what if instead of Zuckerberg, it was a famous mother posting a similar picture of herself? What would the public opinion have to say about her? And last but not least, it should make everybody ask – is Mark Zuckerberg advantaged by sexism?

According to Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist approached by Yahoo Parenting, a mother would never get that kind of praise, since she would be expected to embrace parenthood and things like changing her daughter’s diaper would be considered fulfilling her duty. The psychologist has absolutely no doubt that Zuckerberg is glorified for changing his daughter’s diaper only because he is a male.

Other mothers are asking on their blogs if a photo with Priscilla instead of Mark doing the exact same thing in the exact same place with the exact same baby would generate the same response and enthusiasm and even how many likes and shares would she get.

Co-founder of Dad 2.0 Summit, John Pacini, who wishes to change the public perception regarding modern fatherhood, claims that he is waiting for the day in which a father changing a diaper would not be received as something sensational anymore.

On the other side, Pacini argues that Mark Zuckerberg might represent the rethoric which might generate the change. Presenting himself as a father, doing what any father should do for his kid might become emblematic if more people like Zuckerberg would set the tone. Pacini concludes that this is a validation of the message that millennial dads should be more involved in their children’s care.

Image source: Facebook

Filed Under: News Tagged With: changing diaper, Is Mark Zuckerberg Advantaged By Sexism?, Mark Zuckerberg, sexism

Nadella’s Advice to Women to Rely on Good Karma Backfire

October 10, 2014 By Daniel Giordano Leave a Comment

Last week we saw how Microsoft revealed their new Windows operating system, Windows 10, and we were all shocked to see that Microsoft skipped a number when naming their famous OS, as it was Windows 9 that was next in line. The reason behind is still unknown, but rumors are saying that the company wants to distance itself from the fiasco that Windows 8 was. Today, we’ve got some more Microsoft news: it appears that Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella has given some not-so-nice advice to women at an all-women tech conference that has been drawing a lot of negative attention.

Nadella’s Advice to Women: Rely on Good Karma!

On Thursday, Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, addressed the one of the largest gatherings of women in technology to talk about tech and business related things. When he was asked about how someone (a woman) should approach the issue of a raise in salary, Nadella’s answer did not fail to be sexist:

It’s not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along. And that, I think, might be one of the additional superpowers that, quite frankly, women who don’t ask for raises have. Because that’s good karma. It’ll come back. Because somebody’s going to know: ‘That’s the kind of person that I want to trust. That’s the kind of person that I want to really give more responsibility to.’ And in the long-term efficiency, things catch up.

Nadella’s Advice to Women

So, basically women should just wait to get a raise, because karma exists and it’s coming our way! After seeing the backlash that his comments generated, it took him less than a couple of hours to release a backtrack statement:

I answered that question completely wrong. […] And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask.

Satya Nadella’s advice to women comes at a time when the tech industry is being criticized for the large gender gap.

What are your thoughts on Nadella’s advice to women? Share your comments with us in the section below.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: feminism, Microsoft, news, satya nadella, sexism

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